Meaning of Starboard | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The righthand side of a ship, boat or aircraft when facing the front, or fore or bow. Used to unambiguously refer to directions according to the sides of the vessel, rather than those of a crew member or object.
   countable, uncountable
2. A list that shows messages starred in a community space.
3. One of the two traditional watches aboard a ship standing a watch in two.
   countable, uncountable
4. A system that enables such a list.
   figuratively

Equivalents

Examples

“I see⟳ another vessel off the starboard side.”

“We're on starboard tack, so the other boat has to give⟳ way.”

“Now stow the mainsail as follows, preferably with the sail⟳ still lying in the starboard cockpit: beginning at the head, fold⟳ the upper section so that the upper two battens are aligned together; then tightly roll the sail⟳ from the head down to the foot. Reinsert the sail⟳ into its bag.”

“The unlimited starring power is an arguably useful feature because it enables management of the starboard with notifications and the like⟳, but I see⟳ nothing in the informal job description of a room owner that says they have⟳ any more right to spam the room than I do.”

“TFHRC#1 indicates a backquote in a chat message using fixed-width formatting, which is (correctly) output literally. FHRC#2 shows that the same backquote is misinterpreted by the sidebar starboard as a formatting character, wrecking the intended look⟳ and feel⟳ even more.”

“i also use⟳ carlbot for warnings, bans, mutes—and my starboard!!”

“In case you don't know⟳ what a starboard is, it's basically a system used on Discord that whenever you react⟳ with a star emoji, the message is showcased inside of a #starboard channel.”

“We used to do that until someone suggested adding a bot that had a starboard.”

“You could use⟳ a form⟳ of starboard to put⟳ messages into a read⟳ only channel, but then anyone with react⟳ permissions could theoretically add⟳ to it”

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